lvconvert from core log to on-disk log fails with "Unable to allocate extents for mirror log" in RHEL 5 Update 5 and earlier

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Issue

  • lvconvert from core log to on-disk log fails with "Unable to allocate extents for mirror log", when there are free extents in the volume group

    # lvconvert --mirrorlog disk --alloc anywhere /dev/vgTest/lvol01
  Insufficient extents for log allocation for logical volume .
  Unable to allocate extents for mirror log.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • lvm2 prior to release 2.02.74-1.el5

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